Birth Year Quiz

The 1963 quiz

46 questions in the archive mention 1963. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 46 questions mention 1963
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1962 1964

1. What more common name was given to the 1963 document entitled the reshaping of British railways?

2. By what name did Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore become known in 1963?

3. What was the real christian name of the British Intelligence officer 'Kim' Philbey, who famously defected in 1963?

4. Who was assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963?

5. Which abnormally elevated mood was first coined by the Daily Mirror newspaper on the 2nd November 1963?

6. Which lord led the inquiry into the 1963 Profumo affair?

7. Which famous 1963 horror film takes place in the sleepy little coastal town Bodega Bay?

8. Who wrote the story on which the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film ‘The Birds’ was based?

9. 1963 ? Walk like a man

10. Who were the first British football club to win a European trophy ? Liverpool, Spurs or Manchester United?

11. Who was the first woman in space?

12. Which comedian starred in the 1963 film The Nutty Professor?

13. What took place on 8th august 1963 at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire?

14. What island was created by volcanic activity off the south coast of Iceland in 1963?

15. Which weekly magazine, one of Ireland's bestselling magazines, was first published on April 26, 1963?

16. Which 1963 film about Allied POWs starred James Garner and Steve McQueen?

17. Who became US president in 1963 after the assassination of John F Kennedy? (Full name please)

18. Which oriental stew reached number one in the US music charts (number 10 in the UK charts) in 1963?

19. Which British tax replaced Purchase Tax in 1963?

20. Which notorious prison, a jail for the most hardened criminals, closed after 54 years service in 1963?

ANSWERS

1. Beeching report

2. Malaysia

3. Harold (Adrian Russell Philbey)

4. John F Kennedy

5. Beatlemania

6. Lord Denning

7. The Birds

8. Daphne Du Maurier

9. Four Seasons

10. Spurs - 1963 European cup winners cup

11. Valentina Tereshkova (in 1963)

12. Jerry Lewis

13. Great Train Robbery

14. Surtsey

15. Woman's Way

16. The Great Escape

17. Lyndon Baines Johnson

18. Sukiyaki

19. VAT

20. Alcatraz

Where these questions come from
  1. Same Initials Quiz 1
  2. 1960s Quiz 4
  3. Espionage Quiz 1
  4. Murders and Assassinations Quiz 1
  5. Beatles Quiz 2
  6. Pauls TV and Film Quiz 3
  7. Birds Quiz 5
  8. Go for a Walk Quiz 1
  9. Pub Quiz 53
  10. Famous Firsts Quiz 2
  11. Nuts Quiz 1
  12. 1960s Quiz 2
  13. Geography Quiz 7
  14. Ireland Quiz 3
  15. War Films Quiz 3
  16. US Presidents Quiz 1
  17. Pauls Quiz 414
  18. Pub Quiz 47
  19. Law and Order Quiz 1

Questions are chosen because they mention the year. Now and then one is only loosely about it: press New mix for another lot.